oly.....OMG! That's my cat Ivan❣️Funny! Never had a cat that screams, before we got Ivan.

Walking down the street using his mom's tool ... is usually helpful. Using his substantially ... can get you run over (unless, being in mom's pouch, she avoids cars, so you get home free). Unless he blocks her sightsightsightsightsightsightsightsightlines too heavily. o j

Son and I, decluttering the house, find that many boxes can be recycled. Most? o j (No cats, here). ETA: Annie, it looks as though Mrs. O'Hara's arms, developed possibly at about the period when those old books were popular, has developed well enough to get that tool in her hand to give them the brush off. o j

So do we, although it no longer works. i had one before my kitchen remodel. Contractor took it. It worked fine after 30 years.